Nearly automated motion artifacts correction between multi breath-hold short-axis and long-axis cine CMR images

We aimed at developing and testing a nearly automated method for breath-hold artifacts compensation in short-axis (SA) cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) images. The purpose was the reduction of potential misalignment between standard cine SA and two- and four-chamber long-axis (LA) CMR images to allow 3D reconstruction for segmentation or modeling purposes.